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Black Box Thinking
Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes--But Some Do | Matthew Syed
Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it�s safe to fail. We all have to endure failure (…more)
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Veebee
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A very important subject- The importance of failures, need to accept failures and learn and improve from them- by individuals and organisations. Needs to be incorporated in the school curriculum. The author compares Aviation sector , which has actively reported crashes and learnt from its mistakes with the medical and law enforcement sectors which are not open about their failures.

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MinnieTimperley
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7days7books - Books that left a deep impression on me.

Changes the way you think about mistakes and success. I love reading about the brain, psychology and thinking. Syed makes everything so accessible.

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Ruthiella Interesting pick! 5y
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Becmallinder
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Good and insightful. A little heavy and repetitive at times.

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Ofc1970

Harvard Business School report...it was found that executives believe that around 2 to 5 percent of failures in their organisations were ‘truly blameworthy‘ But when asked how many of these mistakes were treated as blameworthy, they admitted that the number was ‘between 70 a 90%‘

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Ofc1970
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Good book. Interesting views on failure and cognitive dissonance.

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SFiedyD

Shocking is the amount of people who are seriously injured or killed at the hands of seeking medical assistance.

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